8.5 tires

[KCrawford]

Whats the better tire m&h or m/t?

[nascar]

Whats the better tire m&h or m/t?
Your choice. But, we run the M&H. Vern House can hook you up with a price. 812-352-4000. If interested I have 2 pair of M/T with two passes and one pair of M&H with 10 passes.

[KCrawford]

Yes im interested how much are you asking for them?

[DPouw]

You'll probably be better off calling him. 812-989-4903. His name is Art. Either set of tires will be in good shape. As Art said, we use the M&H's, but have done well with both.

[inthe5s]

I have Been working with M&H and they are coming out with a new tire that has shown great potential on the heavy cars. right now they are making them and should be available soon. if you want a new set or the test set give me a call 812-352-4000 or cell 812-592-4468 thanks Vernon

[lighting bolt]

Now i'm not as fast as you guys but i have done a good bit of playing on the 8.5's. My question is how many passes can you put on these tires before you can tell that they strat dropping off in the 60'? Reason i ask is i did a cam swap and around that time my 60's dropped by about a .10. Now i know i'm making more power off thwe line but i'm trying to figure out if the tires are dead also.

[DPouw]

We use to get 10-12 on M&H's before the 60's would start to fall off. We did run 1.29 60ft times on the M&H's. They just didn't last long on the big HP, but longer than MT. Since Vern got Hoosier in the mix. We've been testing our car and Vern his for Hoosier on different compounds and sidewalls. What Hoosier has for sale to the public now is the best 8.5 tire ever made. There's over 25 passes on the set we went 5.53 @ 129 on at our last race with a 1.30 60ft. Vern has quiet a few passes on his as well and just had his car go 5.36 @ 131. The following pass he had a 1.25 60ft. Here is a link to the new Hoosier Outlaw 26X8.5 tire. Just scroll down to the middle of the page and you'll see the link.

http://www.hoosiertire.com/drtire.htm

[on3 racing]

what size rims are you guys running these 8.5 on. 8? or 10?

[DPouw]

We use 10" as do most. But some have tried 12".

[lighting bolt]

We use to get 10-12 on M&H's before the 60's would start to fall off. We did run 1.29 60ft times on the M&H's. They just didn't last long on the big HP, but longer than MT. Since Vern got Hoosier in the mix. We've been testing our car and Vern his for Hoosier on different compounds and sidewalls. What Hoosier has for sale to the public now is the best 8.5 tire ever made. There's over 25 passes on the set we went 5.53 @ 129 on at our last race with a 1.30 60ft. Vern has quiet a few passes on his as well and just had his car go 5.36 @ 131. The following pass he had a 1.25 60ft. Here is a link to the new Hoosier Outlaw 26X8.5 tire. Just scroll down to the middle of the page and you'll see the link.

http://www.hoosiertire.com/drtire.htm

Thanks for the info. Like i said i'm not as fast as you guys but my best on the M/H's was a 1.33 60' but it fell off in the 1/8th and only ran a 5.99. Thats the reason for the cam swap cause the old one was a motor cam and i swapped to a turbo cam and pretty much just started roasting the tires straight off the line. So i've stepped up to some 28x10.5's just to try to get the car to hook and retune my suspension then i'm dropping back to the little tires to play on again.

[mikeyfrombc]

We use 10" as do most. But some have tried 12".

12"!!!! RIM on a 26x8.5 tire , mani thought my 275s on a 12 where stretched LOL got any images ??

[DPouw]

No, sorry I don't. They were on beadlocks though.

[Black Z]

If you run the 8.5"s on a 10" do need a beadlock or will they be ok?

[inthe5s]

NO bead lock needed on a 10

[Black Z]

Ok thanks Vern.